How do the authors show the hardships and struggle the young generation have in To Kill A Mockingbird and Noughts & Crosses? ‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman is a novel‚ which follows how two characters‚ Callum and Sephy‚ both deal with the surrounding racially segregated community. It explores the struggles they’ve had through a rangeful of events. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee similarly uses the perspective of a young mind to explore community and the community’s attitudes towards
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Conflicting Perspectives – Nazis The comparison of two texts specifically constructed to convey a particular view of an event‚ situation or persona highlights the relationship between representation and meaning. “Seeds of Death” an anti-Nazi artwork by John Heartfield and “Stolz Der Nation” a fictional yet realistic Nazi propaganda film directed by Eli Roth both embody this notion of conflicting perspectives. Compositional elements such as techniques specific to medium of production and contextual
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Short Film Comparative Essay All the Invisible Children Tanza and Blue Gypsy Introduction The Invisible Children is a collection of seven short films‚ each by a different director. These films bring to light the various forms of child exploitation around the world in today’s modern society. Tanza‚ directed by Mehdi Charef‚ focuses on child soldiers in Africa and Blue Gypsy‚ directed by Emire Kusturica‚ follows the story of a young boy in a detention centre. Each director has a different way of portraying
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ability to as persuading audiences is The poem “Weapons Training” by Bruce Dawe‚ Charlie Chaplin’s speech from “The great dictator” and the song “Where is the love” by The Black Eyed Peas. Weapons Training is a piece of war poetry written by Burce Dawe in 1970. This poem is considered a dramatic monologue spoken by an aggressive and intimidating sergeant who’s training soldiers that are about to be sent off to war. Bruce Dawe has used rhetorical questions to encourage the reader or listener to
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Behind every great man lies a great women. In some cases the women herself may not always be good or ideal according to society. Nevertheless it seems to add character to the man‚and also influences his actions and maybe even his morals. In Shakespearean literature‚Shakespeare tends to use people to develop certain characters throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet is the person with the most influence on Romeo. This influence allows him to develop as a character and also helps develop
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Steven Spielberg’s questioning film “Minority Report”‚ a movie where crimes are stopped before they happen using pre-cogs by a special police unit‚ when John Andurton‚ the head chief‚ discovers he’s going to murder someone he’s never met‚ he sets out to find out why he was going to murder him and who he is “You don’t have to run.” Ray Bradbury’s foreboding novel “Fahrenheit 451“ is a book where firemen burn books because they are outlawed but when a fireman starts breaking the law and starts reading
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[In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou‚ the poet Maya Angelou empowers minority characters in Of Mice and Men to share their voices and rise against the discrimination set against them by society.] [Analysis: While comparing the poem and the novel‚ they share similarities between struggles with oppression or rather that Angelou’s experiences as a black woman‚ a woman‚ as a minority can relate to how minorities were treated in Of Mice and Men. Angelou’s poem is showing
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The Giver and Holes The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award. THEME The two books gave the
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Imagine the hardships that would occur if your life was turned around in the blink of an eye. This happens to Mildred in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Mary in the short story‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. The similarities between Mary and Mildred are impressive and they are worthy of detailed examination. This paper will focus on how they both had their life turned upside down‚ how they betray their husbands‚ and how they are groomed to represent their society. These three
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“Harrison Bergeron‚” a short story by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. and 2081‚ its movie adaptation‚ are stories that take place in a totalitarian society where everyone is supposedly equal‚ but are actually not. Harrison Bergeron‚ the main character‚ escapes jail and tries to show society that their lifestyle isn’t equal and that greatness is okay to have‚ but in the end‚ Harrison ultimately fails and nobody learns anything. “Harrison Bergeron” and 2081 are stories where characters are heavily symbolic (for
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